Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Government 7% 11%
Other 8%
Note: Trend away from private companies in favor of consulting firms and academia.
Mean Salaries of I/O Psychologists in the US in 2000
M.A. $67,000
Ph.D. $90,000
Top 10% $200,000 or more
Professors $73,000
Companies $100,000
Men $93,000
Women $77,000
Note: Gender difference mostly accounted for by women being more likely to be M.A.
level and being younger. Source: Katkowski, D. A., & Medsker, G. J. (2001).
I/O PSYCHOLOGY AROUND THE
WORLD
At one time I/O was almost entirely American
I/O interest has exploded over the past 10-15 years
and accelerating
American consulting firms have become
international, reflected in names
DDI--Developmental Decisions Inc. to International
PDI--Personnel Decisions Inc. to International
Number of graduate programs increasing rapidly
around the world
Countries With the Most I/O Graduate Programs
Country Number of Country Number of
programs programs
U.S. 124 France 4
Germany 11 New Zealand 4
Australia 7 Spain 4
Canada 7 Turkey 4
England 7 Korea 3
Belgium 5 Nigeria 3
China 5 Puerto Rico 3
Netherlands 5
The Most Popular I/O Research Topics in Eight Countries
Country Topics
Canada Career development, Employee selection,
job stress, leadership
England Employee selection, gender, job stress,
leadership, turnover
Germany Job Stress, motivation, training, work
environment
India Job satisfaction, job stress, motivation,
organizational level
Israel Career development, job satisfaction,
motivation, performance appraisal, values